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2010 WILDCAT FOOTBALL 2 NAIA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS • 4 NCAA DIVISION II PLAYOFF APPEARANCES • 3 LONE STAR CONFERENCE TITLES SCHEDULE & RESULTS GAME TEN SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 • 6 P.M. #2 ACU WILDCATS #9 WASHBURN . .W, 34-26 (9-0, 8-0 LSC, 5-0 LSC South) YAGER STADIUM • TOPEKA, KAN. vs. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 • 7 P.M. #14 WTAM BUFFALOES (7-2, 7-1 LSC, 4-1 LSC South) NE STATE . .W, 43-13 SATURDAY, NOV. 6 • 6 P.M. DOC WADLEY STADIUM • TAHLEQUAH, OKLA. KIMBROUGH MEMORIAL STADIUM • CANYON, TX SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 • 6 P.M. RADIO Mix 92.5 FM Grant Boone, play-by-play EAST CENTRAL . .W, 47-7 Lance Fleming, commentary SHOTWELL STADIUM • ABILENE Michael Bacon, sideline LIVE AUDIO http://radiotime.com/station/s_35901/Mix_925.aspx SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 • 6 P.M. TELEVISION KTAB-TV (cable channel 10; 110 on HD) TARLETON STATE .W, 65-3 LIVE STATS http://www.sidearmstats.com/wtamu/football/index.htm SHOTWELL STADIUM • ABILENE RANKINGS ACU (No. 1 in Super Region 4 / No. 2 AFCA / No. 2 d2football.com) West Texas A&M (#4 Super Region 4 / #14 AFCA / #11 d2football.com) SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2 • 7 P.M. #6 TAMK . .W, 31-24 SERIES ACU leads series 26-18 JAVELINA STADIUM • KINGSVILLE STORYLINES SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9 • 2 P.M. • The second-ranked Wildcats can clinch at least a tie for their second Lone Star Conference championship in the last three seasons with a win #8 MSU . .W, 31-28 over West Texas A&M on Saturday. An ACU victory and Kingsville win SHOTWELL STADIUM • ABILENE over Midwestern State would give the Wildcats at least a share of the title with the Javelinas. An ACU win the next week against Southwestern SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16 • 7 P.M. Oklahoma State would give the Wildcats the outright title. UIW . .W, 54-17 • The ACU Wildcats are No. 1 in the NCAA Division II Super Region Four BENSON STADIUM • SAN ANTONIO with two weeks left in the regular season. The NCAA will only release two regional polls during the season (Nov. 1 and Nov. 8) before the NCAA SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23 • 3 P.M. (CST) Division II playoff pairings are announced Sunday, Nov. 14. The Wildcats ENMU . .W, 53-14 are trying to reach the post-season for the fifth straight season. GREYHOUND STADIUM • PORTALES, N.M. • The visitor has won the regular-season game between ACU and West Texas A&M in each of the last seven years (2003-09). The last time the SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30 • 2 P.M. home team won the regular-season game between the teams was 2002 ANGELO STATE .W, 33-20 when ACU scored late to beat the Buffs, 35-31, at Shotwell Stadium. SHOTWELL STADIUM • ABILENE BREAKDOWN SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6 • 6 P.M. Abilene Christian West Texas A&M Record 9-0, 8-0 LSC, 5-0 LSC-S Record 7-2, 7-1 LSC, 4-1 LSC-S WEST TEXAS A&M Ranking No. 1 in Super Region IV Ranking No. 4 in Super Region 4 KIMBROUGH STADIUM • CANYON No. 2 by AFCA No. 14 by AFCA No. 2 by d2football.com No. xx by d2football.com SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13 • 2 P.M. Last Game def. Angelo State, 33-20 Last Game def. Incarnate Word, 49-10 Oct. 30, 2010 Oct. 30, 2010 SW OKLAHOMA ST. Head Coach Chris Thomsen (6th year) Head Coach Don Carthel (15th year) SHOTWELL STADIUM • ABILENE Career Record 41-17 Career Record 104-60-1 ACU Record 41-17 WTAM Record 58-14 vs. WTAM 3-4 vs. ACU 4-3 2010 WILDCAT FOOTBALL • GAME TEN • ACU AT WEST TEXAS A&M • NOV. 6, 2010 Page 1 ACU WILDCATS SCOUTING THE WILDCATS OFFENSE AT A GLANCE ACU sophomore quarterback Mitchell Gale continued his sensational season in Saturday’s 33-20 win over Angelo State, throwing for 377 yards and four touchdowns. ACU FOOTBALL HISTORY … Gale has thrown for at least 340 yards in five games this season, and his First year of football: 1919 four-touchdown game was his eighth multi-touchdown game of the season All-time record: 450-373-32* (10th of his career). … Gale also has four games this season with at least four 2010 record: 8-0 touchdown passes. … Gale leads the nation in touchdown-to-interception Head coach: Chris Thomsen (6th season) ratio with 31 touchdown passes and only one interception on the season. ... Coach’s overall record: 41-17* He is tied for third in the nation with those 31 touchdown passes, and is the Coach’s record at ACU: 41-17* nation's leader in fewest interceptions with 1. ... Fourth in passing efficiency Years in NCAA post-season play: 4 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009) NCAA post-season record: 2-4* (171.70), fifth in completion percentage (67.49 percent), 10th in completions Last NCAA post-season appearance: 2009 (218) and ninth in yards (2,813). ... After taking over as the ACU starting Gale Result: lost to NW Missouri State, 35-10, in second round quarterback in the Wildcats' sixth game of the 2009 season, Gale has led the * 10 wins from 2007 season vacated because of NCAA violations. Wildcats to a 13-4 record and one NCAA Division II playoff appearance. ... He already ranks seventh in ACU history in completions (369) and touchdown passes (41) and ninth in attempts WILDCAT COACHING STAFF (573) and yards (4,522). ... Senior receiver Edmund Gates had six catches for 124 Chris Thomsen . Head coach NCAA DIVISION II Ken Collums . Offensive Coordinator / QB yards and one touchdown against the Jason Johns . Defensive Coordinator / LB Rams for his fifth straight 100-yard Super Region Four Sam Collins . Defensive Line receiving game, his sixth of the season Here are the NCAA Division II Super Region Four Cody Farrell . Defensive Backs and 11th of his career. … Gates has a rankings: Kendrick Holloway . Running Backs career-high 935 receiving yards on the Rank Team Record DII Record Jack Kiser . Defensive Assistant 1. Abilene Christian . 9-0 9-0 Brock Sherwood . Wide Receivers season and career-best 11 touchdown 2. Central Missouri . 9-1 9-0 Joe Walker . Linebackers receptions. 3. Texas A&M-Kingsville . 8-1 8-1 Nathan Young . Offensive Line 4. NW Missouri State . 7-1 7-1 Cory Driskill . Head Athletics Trainer DEFENSE 5. West Texas A&M . 7-2 7-2 Luke Sauber . Assistant Athletics Trainer Kevin Washington led an ACU 6. Midwestern State . 7-2 7-2 7. Mo. Western State . 6-3 6-3 RADIO: All of ACU’s games can be heard live on Mix 92.5 FM defensive effort that limited Angelo State 8. Central Washington . 6-3 5-2 with Grant Boone calling all the play-by-play action. He will be to minus-23 yards rushing, the fourth-best 9. Humboldt State . 7-2 5-1 10. Washburn (Kan.) . 5-4 5-4 joined in the booth by ACU SID Lance Fleming. Boone is in his defensive performance against the run third season calling play-by-play for the Wildcats, while Fleming in ACU football history. ... Washington is in his 13th year as ACU’s assistant director of athletics for finished the game with a team-high 13 tackles, including three for loss. ... In two seasons media relations and his first as the full-time color commentator. with the Wildcats, Washington has 144 tackles, including 27.5 tackles for los and 8.0 sacks. ... The Wildcats’ all-time best performance against the run came in 1993 when they held Texas ACU ATHLETICS MEDIA RELATIONS A&M-Commerce to minus-52 yards, followed by a 1950 game against Howard Payne when the Yellowjackes were held to minus-33 yards. ... In last year’s 13-6 loss at Tarleton State, the Texans LANCE FLEMING were limited to minus-27 yards with last Saturday’s defensive performance checking in at No. 4 Assistant Director of Athletics for Media Relations Office phone: 325-674-2693 on the all-time list. ... Senior defensive end Fred Thompson had a blocked kick last Saturday Cell phone: 325-665-3543 against Angelo State, the fourth blocked kick of his career. ... Thompson is also 10th on ACU’s Fax: 325-674-6798 all-time sacks list with 18 after his sack of Josh Neiswander last Saturday. Thompson also has 56 Email: fl[email protected] tackles for loss over the last four seasons. ... Junior defensive end Aston Whiteside also had a Shotwell Stadium Press box: 325-671-4673 or 4675 blocked kick last Saturday, the third of his career. ... Whiteside also had a sack againt the Rams Home radio: 325-674-4906 to give him 23.5 for his career, which is eighth in ACU history. ... Whiteside has 42.5 tackles for Visitor radio: 325-676-0293 loss in his three seasons. PHILLIP DOWDEN WEST TEXAS A&M SERIES Assistant Director of Athletics Media Relations ACU leads 26-18 Office phone: 325-674-6171 Cell phone: 417-300-5248 2009 – West Texas A&M 32, ACU 21 1984 – West Texas A&M 14, ACU 10 Fax: 325-674-6798 * 2008 – ACU 93, West Texas A&M 68 1983 – ACU 28, West Texas A&M 3 Email: [email protected] 2008 –ACU 52, West Texas A&M 35 1982 – ACU 33, West Texas A&M 29 2007 –West Texas A&M 41, ACU 31 1958 – ACU 28, West Texas A&M 21 * 2006 – West Texas A&M 30, ACU 27 (ot) 1957 – West Texas A&M 12, ACU 2 Follow ACU Athletics on the Internet ^ 2006 – ACU 49, West Texas A&M 33 1952 – West Texas A&M 20, ACU 18 2005 – West Texas A&M 40, ACU 24 1948 – West Texas A&M 41, ACU 19 www.acusports.com 2004 – ACU 27, West Texas A&M 24 1947 – ACU 13, West Texas A&M 7 www.acusports.blogspot.com 2003 – ACU 34, West Texas A&M 27 1944 – West Texas A&M 41, ACU 6 2002 – ACU 35, West Texas A&M 31 1932 – West Texas A&M 12, ACU 0 http://www.facebook.com/ACUsports 2001 – ACU 34, West Texas A&M 31 1931 – ACU 41, West Texas A&M 0 http://twitter.com/ACUsports 2000 – West Texas A&M 31, ACU 30 1930 – West Texas A&M 16, ACU 7 1999 – West Texas A&M 21, ACU 9 1929 – ACU 15, West Texas A&M 0 1998 – ACU 36, WTAM 29 (ot) 1928 – ACU 19, West Texas A&M 1 1997 – West Texas A&M 20, ACU 0 1927 – West Texas A&M 13, ACU 6 1996 – ACU 26, West Texas A&M 3 1926 – ACU 19, West Texas A&M 6 1995 – ACU 21, West Texas A&M 14 1925 – ACU 13, West Texas A&M 0 1994 – ACU 51, West Texas A&M 50 1924 – West Texas A&M 23, ACU 13 1990 – ACU 24, West Texas A&M 22 ! 1922 – ACU 2, West Texas A&M 0 1989 – ACU 38, West Texas A&M 20 1921 – West Texas A&M 35, ACU 0 1988 – ACU 51, West Texas A&M 37 1987 – ACU 27, West Texas A&M 17 * NCAA Division II playoff game 1986 – West Texas A&M 32, ACU 28 ^ Game broadcast nationally on CSTV 1985 – ACU 25, West Texas A&M 19 Page 2 2010 WILDCAT FOOTBALL • GAME TEN • ACU AT WEST TEXAS A&M • NOV.